Nichola Gray KC

Nichola is Joint Head of Chambers at 1 Hare Court and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2021. She has over 30 years’ experience as a financial remedy expert.

She specialises exclusively in complex cases, particularly those involving corporate structures, on-shore and off-shore trusts and cases which have an international element. In addition, she is a recognised expert in disputes between unmarried cohabitees where there is a Children Act 1989, Schedule 1 element to be considered.

She is also regularly instructed to advise on and to draft pre-nuptial agreements and has a wealth of experience in both defending and challenging such agreements in Court, having represented the Wife in the frequently cited case of KA v MA (Prenuptial Agreement: Needs) [2018] EWHC 499 (Fam) where she successfully challenged the terms of the pre-nuptial agreement. She is renowned both for her attention to detail and for her robust performance in Court. Nichola is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly sits as a Private FDR Judge where her ability to find innovative solutions is highly regarded.

University College, Oxford (Jurisprudence). Called to the Bar in 1991 & appointed Queen's Counsel in 2021.

The Family Law Bar Association

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers

Blackstone’s Guide to the Civil Partnership Act

Rayden & Jackson on Relationship Breakdown, Finances and Children (author of Chapters on ‘Civil Partnership’ and ‘Resolving Claims to Property’).